"Steak the First"

Language Log 2023-06-10

Summary:

Enlightening article by Peter Backhaus in The Japan Times (6/9/23): "Za grammar notes: How to properly handle the 'the' in Japanese" Japanese seems to be able to assimilate any English word, including the ubiquitous definite article "the", which is unlike anything in Japanese itself. If there’s something like a Murphy’s Law for syntax, the name […]

Link:

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=59077&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=steak-the-first

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Tags:

borrowing

Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

06/10/2023, 19:36

Date published:

06/10/2023, 17:32